Battle looms over stand on public sector wages
Pravin Gordhan is standing firm on curbing hikes in public sector wages, raising the hackles of Cosatu, which is girding itself for war on the issue.
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The great carve-up
South Africa's conservative economic policy
may be stable, but it's stifling transformation, writes Nic Dawes.
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Numsa says no wage deal's been struck
Numsa has denied it reached a wage deal with steel and engineering firms and says the strike has not been called off.
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SA hit by strike fever
As the country reels from twin strikes by the metal and chemical worker unions, a further strike is looming by nearly a million members of Cosatu.
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Botswana strike drags on
A Botswana union leader said on Friday that his arrest on assault charges was part of government attempts to end the civil service strike.
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Chaos at Sadtu as Mantashe takes members to task
A teachers' union congress dissolved into near chaos on Thursday when ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe addressed delegates.
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Post-strike exam woes for matriculants
The strike may be over but the anxiety has only just begun for matric students. We talk to pupils from public and private schools.
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Why I broke the picket line
A question that plagues Pat Schwartz most about this strike: At what point does the right to fair pay trump the right to life?
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Wage demands help drive rand strength
Government borrowing to pay for public sector pay rises works against the very sector fuelling it, as the
resulting strong rand undermines jobs.
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Government ups wage offer
Government has increased its wage raise offer to public sector workers in a bid to end crippling strikes across the country.
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